Ham boiler



May s, 19234 1,454,337 J. REINARTZ HAM BOILER Filed July 2l, 1920` 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 llnmlm\ lll" J. REINARTZ HAM BoILBR MayA s, 1923- l 1,454,337

Filed July 2l. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May tl, i923.

entre sra-ras Josnr nitrnnnrz, or MOUNT vnnNoN, NEW Yoan.

HAM BILER.

Application filed July 21,

To` all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEF BnrNARTz, ak citizen 0f the German Republic, and residing at Mount Vernon, in' the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ham Boilers, oi which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to ham-boilers, and the objectof my invention is to produce a boiler, which is of simple and solid construction and rapid and efficient in operation. To this end, 1 make a strong vessel of a contour adapted to receive the ham or hams to be treated, and at opposite ends of the vessel, I provide a number of recesses so shaped that a locking bolt slidably mounted on the lid of the vessel automatically engages said recesses, as the lid is forced down into position, the lid thus being prevented from being moved upwards until the bolt is withdrawn. One bolt is provided at each end of the lid.

In order to force the lid down into the vessel, the lid is provided in its center with a cam-like elevation, against which may be pressed a lever, for which a tulcrum is provided on the outside or one of the side walls of the vessel. The Jrulcrum is constituted by depending curved lugs adapted to be engaged by pivot-pins' formed at one end of a hand-lever. Where the vessel is to havev a capacity for more than one ham, one or more partitions of the shape of the vessel are used between each two hams.

have illustrated my invention, by way of example, on the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the boiler, with the lever broken off to show th-e cam-like elevation on the lid. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with one side wall or the vessel broken out to show the partition, two hams being indicated in broken lines; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section along 3 3 in Fig. 1, while Fig. 4 is a transverse section along 4-4 in Fig. 3.

The boiler shown is intended for two hams.

The vessel l, which is of light but strong construction is of a shape corresponding to the contour of the hams', and it is strengthened by ribs 2. As seen in Fig. 3, the opposite end walls of the vessel have at their upper ends enlargements 3 provided with a number of straight recesses 4. The lid 5, of

1920. Serial No. 398,016.

the same shape as the vessel so as-to fit snugly therein is also provided with stren gth-V ening ribs 6, and at its two oppositeends are inclined vfaces 7.- On these faces are placed locking bolts 8 which pass through slots 9 in enlargements 10 of the lid and because oi' the inclination or the faces 7 and their own weight automatically drop into the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which positions, when the lid has entered the vessel 1, they engage the recesses 4 as clearly seen `nFig. 3, As also shown in this ligure, the ends of the bolts are slightly bent upwards being rounded oii', so that as the lid l5 isv forced down into the vessel 1, the ends of the bolts easily slip past the projections 11 between the recesses, whereas any upward movement of the lid 5 is resisted by the ends of bolts bearing against the straight faces of the said recesses rounded below to permit the ends of the bolts to pass.' The bolts are provided with finger-pieces 12 whereby they may ,be` i l easily withdrawn from the recesses to re- 1 lease lid 5. r

Forpforcing the lid 'down into the vessel` to compress the hams placed therein, the lid is provided in its 4center with a cam-like elevation 13 projecting above the plane of the lid. On one of the side wallsciC vessel 1 are formed depending curved lugs 14 A (Figs. 1, 2 and 4) which-act as a fulcrum for a hand-lever 15, which for that purpose is formed at its one entA with pivot-pins '16 adapted to engage'said curved lugs 14. The lever, when thus placed in its fulcrum, is pressed down onto the vcam-like elevation 13 of the lid 5 which is thereby gradually forced down into the vessel. compressing the hams 17 indicated in Fig.` 2 by the broken lines. As the lid is torceddown into the vessel below its upper rim, the ends of the tion can be easily lifted out or placed in the vessel. y

The ham boiler as shown and above deico 2 Leslies? scribed is of course capable of many variations and therefore, l do not Wish to be limited to the construction as shown, Which l have used by Way of illustration only.

l claim as my invention:

l. A ham-boiler comprising a vessel adapted to receive the ham and provided with inner recesses at its opposite ends, a lid snugly fitting into said vessel, and grevity controlled slidable locking bolts 1 provided on top of said lid so as to automatically engage said recesses, as the lid is beingA forced into said vessel, to thereby prevent'outwerd movement of the said lid.

' 2. A hamboiler, as specified in claim l, in which the lid is formed with inclined faces llor the bolts to enable "them to automatically slide into locking,` engagement with the recesses in the vessel.

3. A ham-boiler as specified in claim 2, in which the ends of the bolts are curved to enable them to move over andpest the rounded edges of the projections-between the recesses.

4L, A ham-boiler comprising e vessel hevinga row of inner recesses at opposite ends, e lid snugly fitting` into said vessel and having` e central cem-like elevation, and in* clined feces at its ends, movable locking bolts placed on said inclined faces so es to untometicellly engage `seid recesses as the lid is being forced-into the vessel,` t fulcruni provided on one' siclewall-o'l the vessel, s separate hand-lever having Ameans for engaging' said ulcrum end adaptedfto bek pressed down ontoseid' ceniflilze elevation. and e lloose partition fitting in said vessel adapted to beiplsced between'it-Wo; hams.

ln testimonyrwhereof,'I.-lier'eunto eliix my signature. 

